... battled for power, there was also an ethnic prejudice problem that plagued the city. Winnipeg was divided into two main groups: people of British origin and the more recent immigrants (who were labelled aliens), who were mostly from Eastern Europe. These immigrants inhabited the area north of ... . However, the anti-union business community generally ran the city ensuring that the working-class was politically powerless. Many of the political leaders came from poor backgrounds and generally followed social Darwinism because they were not yet confident about their new role as wealthy peo...

• Word Count: 1993
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... , an increase in protection from the Sultan, and an end to Christian specific taxes.3 In the summer of 1890, the Armenian youth founded a new political party dedicated to providing a voice for the Christians known as the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF). This new party quickly irritated the Sultan and during a peaceful protest in a cathedral in the Turkish city of Erzurum, the Sultan dispatched ... came to fruition.21 Concerning outside assistance toward the Armenians, the Triple Entente condemned the Ottoman Empire's actions. In May 1915, Great Britain, France, and Russia informe...

• Word Count: 1964
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... 49). Establishment of the TPC did not, however, eliminate the rivalry among the shareholders representing various national interests, such as those of Great Britain. After World War I, Iraq became a British mandate in 1920 yet that did not guarantee the TPC an exclusive concession. After lengthy negotiations, a concession was finally granted in 1925. In fact, numerous amounts of oil were discovered ... the state-owned Iraq Nation Oil Company (INOC). Economically, Iraq remained stable with oil booms throughout the 1960's and 1970's. However, there was a period of political instability, w...

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... million people needlessly lost their lives. I think that this conflict could have be prevented or stopped in 2 ways. One if the Serbian leaders had more closely guarded the car that carried Archduke Ferdinand. If the assassin had not been able to get near the car perhaps the First ... the people the idea of Armenian self-government, under the encouragement of Russia. As the number of revolutionaries grew, they formed into various political groups, ad finally into two revolutionary parties. The first party, developed in 1887, was called Henchak, meaning "The Bell." The second, called Dashn...

• Word Count: 1933
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• Grade Level: High School

... the first large-scale attempt at amphibious warfare at the Battle of Gallipoli, a peninsula extending from the southern coast of European Turkey. The British, poorly organized, inexperienced, and unprepared, were utterly unable to gain a foothold in Turkey after nine months of heavy fighting. Gallipoli was ... treat the impact of the Russian Revolution on World War I first. While recognizing the importance of minimizing dissent at home, European leaders were also keenly aware of encouraging internal dissent among their enemies' populations. Germany was the most successful at this, empo...

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